Reflecting On My Past Year With ASI turned 35 on November 3 (yes, election day, and no — that wasn't ideal at all, ha!). The night before —...reactions1comment
What Happens When I Overdo ItEver since COVID hit, I haven’t really been active. I wasn’t the most active person before, but I’ve barely even done yoga...reactions2comments
9 Tangible Ways AS Has Helped MeI can tell you 10,000 ways AS has limited me, annoyed me, pained me, frustrated me, and made me feel just awful...reactions2comments
Q and A About My Disease, Ankylosing SpondylitisA: Haha, it's pronounced: AN-KUH-LOH-SING SPON-DILL-EYE-TIS. It's a degenerative inflammatory disease that is mediated by the immune system and primarily affects my...reactions2comments
The Old Me Vs. The New MeI feel like something a lot of us do is compare. We compare the things we used to do to the things...reactionscomments
My Anxieties with COVID-19I’m sure most of us are very anxious with COVID-19 having stuck around for this long. When first hearing about it, I...reactions1comment
What Fatigue Really Feels LikeThe concept of a "rest day" never really crossed my mind until I found myself experiencing serious ankylosing spondylitis fatigue. About a...reactions1comment
I Get Less Flares, and I Am Ready for Them: Building an AxSpA Flare ToolkitI can happily say that since I started to take biologics for my AxSpA, I get less flares. These were debilitating, creating...reactionscomments
Heat Therapy for Joint PainSpending an hour soaking in a nice hot bubble bath with a good book is one of my favorite ways to relax...reactions2comments
How to be Gentle with YourselfIt's been a whirlwind of a year. It's February 2021, and goodness knows we've all been through a lot. For my family...reactions1comment
Struggling at WorkIt’s 4am and my alarm clock goes off. It’s done this 3 days in a row now. I drag myself out of...reactions1comment
My Chrome PartsI wish to share a bit about my journey with hip replacements. Not to scare people that this will happen when you...reactions6comments
Understanding Over-the-Counter Pain ManagementThere are times when life with arthritis feels more like a trip to a shabby little haunted house than I'd like to...reactions5comments
Curmudgeonly JournalingAre you something of a curmudgeon? A chipper person hopes you'll say something like, "Dawn, how can you even ask that? I'm...reactions1comment
Spondyloarthritis: Will and Motivation Toward WellnessThe 2020 holidays really affected me negatively, worse than years prior. Family at the house (albeit only 5 of us), over-spending, cooking...reactions2comments
What Can Axial Spondyloarthritis Give Back to You?Axial spondyloarthritis has taken a lot from all of us who have it. The life we thought we were going to have...reactions2comments
Drug Denial: I Think I Need Meds AgainIt's funny how chronic illness works. It really forces you into the present moment, in a weird way. When you're good and...reactions3comments
A Letter to my ASDear Steff’s AS, Hi, it’s me, Steff. I want to write you a letter to air out both my grievances and my...reactions6comments
Meeting Our Members: An Interview with BiancaAnthony from AnkylosingSpondylitis.net recently had the pleasure of interviewing one of our talented community members, Bianca. Bianca submitted a poem in our...reactions10comments
Fight Fatigue and Get Your Energy BackA chronic condition like AxSpA comes with many different challenges and symptoms. Fatigue is one of the most common ones across people’s...reactions5comments
